This isn’t a screenshot from a functional game of Civilization V, there are mods at work behind the scenes to capture this image. But the idea of leading Zootopia’s animals from their original “savage” condition into the film’s more, ahem, civilized state would make for a great Civ mod.

A very big update is out for Civ VI today (the first major one since launch), which among other things adds a lot more useful tips to the UI, makes the AI actually upgrade its military units and lets you rename cities.

For as long as the series has existed, there have been few things as satisfying in Civilization as building a city on a single tile/hex of Earth separating two larger landmasses. They’re known as Canal Cities. In their best examples, you’ll see them called Canal Porn.

Civilization Online, which launched only in Asia, is shutting down in South Korea. According to the developer’s website (via tipster Sang), the studio will attempt to reintroduce Civ Online with a better gameplay focus. For now, its last playable day is December 7.

Civilization VI is a very good video game! It’s also got some weird complexities and systems that aren’t explained properly, as well as some neat little headen features, so here are some tips for getting the most out of it.

The game’s only been out for a few days, and there’s no Steam Workshop support yet, but already the race to see who can make the best “real” map in Civilization VI is on. And the early frontrunner is...taxing.

Your PC must be this powerful to run Civilization VI. 2K has revealed the modest minimum and equally modest recommended specs. Not shown are the maximum specs, as some fool would try to top them and get us all killed.

Say goodbye to one-tile cities. The newest Civilization game is totally overhauling the city system from previous games, transforming cities into sprawling horizontal territories that take up multiple hexes on the map. It’s a totally new approach that should drastically change how Civ is played.

Civilization Battle Royale MK II is a huge ongoing simulation, with 61 AI players on a giant Civ 5 map of Earth. We wrote about the project before, and seeing some current shots of the map, without the UI, just further proves how crazy it is.

It’s 2016. Bearing this in mind, go play a shooter from 2010. Or a sports game. Or, well, anything else from 2010. Look how (relatively) basic it is! Notice how advances in game design and technology have rendered so many of these former classics obsolete. Now go and play Civilization V. I’ll see you in six months. If…